good morning. tragedy in wisconsin. police investigating a mass shooting at a day spa that left four people dead, including you the suspected gunman. was he targeting his own wife? this morning, the warning signs in their relationship. dead heat. new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows the race between president obama and governor romney could not be closer, raising the stakes even higher for tonight's third and final presidential debate. and he walked away. a man steps into the path of an oncoming car. the split-second move that saved his life today, monday, october 22nd, 2012. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of

"today, decision 2012" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome a special split edition of today on this monday morning, debate day, i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm willie geist in this morning for matt. more on those new poll numbers and tonight's final presidential debate here at lynn university in boca raton. they will do that on the stage behind me here, that in just a moment. first, savannah, your heart goes out to the victims of the mass shooting in suburban milwy. the alleged shooter now identified as 45-year-old radcliffe haughton. police say he opened fire at a busy salon on sunday morning, killing three people and wounding four others. he then turned the gun on himself. haughton's wife worked at the spa and had just recently been granted a restraining order against her husband. we are going to get the very latest on this investigation straight ahead. also this morning, a little

encouraging news for drivers. gas prices starting to creep lower a little bit and could plummet by about 50 cents, we are told now, by thanksgiving. we will let you know why a little bit later. all right, willie. speaking of a big plunge, we have some dramatic new imams to show you of felix baumgartener's record-setting jump last week from the edge of space. this morning, what it was like from his point of view when he joins us for an exclusive live interview. but we will start this morning with the investigation into that tragic shooting in brookfield, wisconsin. nbc's kevin tibbles is there. kevin, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, police say the man who burst into this day spa behind me here with a gun and opened fire eventually turned that gun on himself. the shooting took place sunday morning. emergency vehicles quickly descended on brookfield square mall, just across the street from the azana salon and spam. eyewitnesses described a chaotic

scene. >> we had seen about ten people come running out of the back of the building with their hands up, screaming. >> i saw a female being pulled out by a police officer with tombs to her neck. there was blood coming out of her neck where she got shot at. >> reporter: hours after the shooting, the suspect was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. authorities identified 45-year-old radcliffe haughton as the alleged shooter and described the investigation as large, complex and evolving. police would not identify any of the victims but said haughton's wife worked at the salon and filed for protection from him after her tires were slashed. a four-year restraining order was issued against haunt on october 18th. >> we believe this incident is domestic violence related. >> reporter: the day spa is a two-story, 9,000-square-foot facility located in an of a

fluent community west of milwaukee. police say the size of the building made it difficult to clear the scene. >> it could take days, weeks, to figure this all out. very large crime scene. a very confused crime scene. we are getting multiple calls from victims that had secreted themselves in different rooms in the building. >> reporter: four surviving victims were transported from the scene to the local hospital, all with non-critical injuries. witnesses inside the spa say the man ordered everyone to lie on the ground before opening fire. police have not said whether or not haute.'sestranged wife was one of the victims. savannah? >> kevin tables in brookfield, wisconsin, this morning, thank you. now we want to send it back to willie in florida. >> all right, savannah, thank you very much. president obama and governor romney face off here at lynn university tonight in boca raton, florida, is it is their third an final debate with 15 days until the election. the race could not be tighter. chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent, joining me here

in boca. chuck, good morning. >> good morning, willie. foreign policy is the topic of tonight's debate. as if on cue, a slew of hot-bunt national security issues are now front and center from iran to libya, but with the debate being here in florida look for both candidates to try to keep their eye on this electoral vote prize and why mitt romney has made sure he has had plenty of local photo ops, including in delray beach, where he's holed up. ahead of tonight's big faceoff, mitt romney took a break from debate preparation sunday, tossing a coin before a beach football game between his staff and the reporters who cover him. >> tails it is. [ applause ] >> reporter: president obama spent the weekend hunkered down at camp david, so with both candidates out of commission sunday, their surrogates spoke out. >> mitt romney wants to basically do george bush's policies and a little more of that. >> the american people have got ton see mitt romney up close as he offers his vision of the future and what he would do as president. but even more startling is the president's complete failure to

put forth an agenda for the next four years. >> reporter: with just over two weeks to go the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows just how competitive this race has become. among likely voters, president obama and mitt romney are tied, 47-47%. a precarious position for an incumbent president who once led mitt romney 50-45 in mid-september. the poll shows a clear enthusiasm gap between the two parties. among all registered voters, the president leads 49-44, but that 47-47 tie among likely voters means republicans are more enthusiastic and likely to vote. mr. obama's job approval rating remains stead date 49%, his economic approval rating down at 46% with foreign policy approval at 49%. the poll shows major red flags for both candidates. the president's biggest red flag, 62% of voters say they want major changes if he is reelected. romney's biggest red flag, his likability, 44-43 margin, he is still personally viewed more

negatively than positively. the poll highlights the politically polarized electorate. 55% of voters say who wins the presidency will make a great deal of difference in their lives personally. and among that 55%, the race is tied, 48-48. obama adviser david axelrod appearing on "meet the press" says while the polls are getting closer there are still positive indicators for the president. >> if you look at the early voting that's going on around the country, it's very robust. it's very favorable to us. >> the format for tonight's debate is different once again. the president and mr. romney will be seated at a table. it's similar to the setup for the biden/ryan vice presidential debate. willie? >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. stephanie cutter is president obama's deputy campaign manager. stephanie, good morning. >> good morning. >> you heard chuck talking about the polls, our nbc news/"wall street journal" has it nationally, dead heat, 47-47. i know you all look state by state. most people think florida, virginia, ohio, will determine

the outcome of this race. in which of those states are you most concerned? >> in florida, virginia and ohio, we actually feel pretty good. this is a tight race all over the country and it really now comes down to that small segment of undecided voters. i think tonight will be very important in terms of helping people make their decision. you're right, it comes down state by state. the ground game is incredibly important at this moment. here in florida, we have got a great ground game. we are turning out our voters. we have registered a half million people to vote. we feel pretty good about where we are. >> foreign policy, of course you can the focus tonight. the "new york times" out with a piece yesterday, citing you obama administration officials says there is an agreement in place about direct bilateral talks. i know the white house shot down that piece but does the president believe that generally direct bilateral talk a good idea with iran? >> the president put together this global coalition with russia, chinaed on other al thrice pressure iran. as a result of the sanctions,

historic sanctions that we have put on iran, really the economy there is being crippled to its knees. >> a good idea to sit down direct, face to face in a bilateral fashion? >> we need to see how this -- called p5 plus 1 working with our global partners to put pressure on iran, it is having real results. the president has always said he would be open to one-on-one talks but not allow iran to use that to delay putting an end too their nuclear program. >> so again, the white house denies the piece, despite the fact that the obama administration officials cite it by the new york smiles to. >> white house says it is not true, nothing scheduled. we are part of that globe a.m. process. we are making real results in iran. again, the economy is being crippled to its knees. there's political unrest. we are in a stronger position today because the president has led on this. he has put together our partners. we didn't go it alone. brought china together, russia together, and it's historically tough sanctions on iran. >> you will definitely hear the subject of benghazi come up tonight with the president of the united states. there have been so many versions

of the story coming out of the white house. the romney campaign has been very critical of the president for his leadership on this question. what, as of this morning, is the official white house account of what happened that day? >> well, willie, you know, i'm on the campaign. so i can tell you what i read. but the president has been clear. you know, it was a terrible tragedy that took place in benghazi. we lost four american lives. he initiated an investigation to get to the bottom of it, of what happened and how we keep our embassies safe all over the country that investigation is running its course. it's important that we don't politicize t every step of the way, as information is learned, as intelligence has improved of what happened on the ground that night, the president makes it available to members of congress and to the public. it's been a very transparent process and he is determined to bring whoever perpetrated this against the four americans will be brought to justice. >> very quickly before let you go, will the president concede that was foreign policy failure? >> no. look, we live in a dangerous

world. any time american lives are lost, it's a terrible tragedy. the president acted quickly to make sure that every other embassy was protected. we are getting to the bottom of it and we need to work this investigation through. it's really important that we not politicize this process. other times of tragedy, 9/11 and others, the country came together. it's unfortunate that those across the aisle are trying to divide us apart right now. >> stephanie cut we are the obama campaign, thanks so much. and most importantly, happy birthday. >> thank you. >> stephanie, thank you. and dan see nor is a senior foreign policy adviser for governor romney's campaign. good morning. >> good to be with you. >> you heard stephanie talk about the proposed bilateral talks with iran in the new york times r there circumstances under which governor romney thinks that is a good idea? >> his overall approach is we have to stop iran from getting a milwaukee nuclear weapon, certainly where president obama is. we have a standard with this nuclear weapons capability but we have all got to stop this program and we need a diplomatic solution to do it. no one wants to take military

action it has to be a comp prehelps sive strategy. we should use a range of tools in our tool kit in achieving that diplomatic outcome. governor romney won't rule anything out. he has been clear on that for some time. >> woe sit down for bilateral talks with iran? >> his approach is we have to reach a diplomatic solution, the key from stopping iran from moving forward around he will not rule out any of the tools that can get iran to the table and get iran to a peaceful resolution of this. now, let me be clear, as president, he is going to have to assess the situation and a judgment what is the best way to get there? i think a lot of americans would believe he would probably be the better guy to be at the negotiating table on behalf of the united states than president obama, given that we are four years closer today to iran having a nuclear weapon than when president obama took over. so president obama, his policy has not been working. and having someone new at that table, pursuing every kind of approach that's available to us, including you diplomacy, is what's needed. >> dan in a romney administration, israel calls the white house and says we can't

stand this anymore, we are going in. going to launch air strikes on nuclear facilities. what is the response from a president romney? >> willie, with he get asked questions a lot, the hype threat calls what is the tryinger-pulling moment, for us or for our allies? very hard to have a speculative discussion about these hype threat calls. we can tell you this, we believe that israel won't be in that situation in a romney administration because there will be no daylight between the united states and his real. president obama has talked about putting daylight between the u.s. and his real, relations between the u.s. government and the israeli government have been the worse they have been in years. that won't happen. our allies, whether it's israel, whether it's our allies, gulf arab allies as concerned about the threat of iran will not be sitting there wondering whether or not america can be counted upon, whether american president's word can be counted upon so we don't believe israel or our other allies in the region will be in that situation. >> on yet of benghazi, the attack on the u.s. consulate there on september 11th, what exactly is governor romney accusing you the white house of? are we talking about incompetence or

misrepresentation of the facts? 'cause those are two very different tharngs coverup or incompetence? >> well, the first -- his first question is we need to figure out what happened. four americans were killed. this can't happen again. we need to assure our diplomats and our other officials in the u.s. government when they go overseas that they are going to have the proper security. they didn't have the proper security in benghazi. do. >> you see a coverup? >> security was denied. we need to get to the bottom of that in terms of misleading statement after september 11th, the question is were those misleading statements intentional or not? our point to the president, our question to the president is the statements were either misleading by intention or they were misleading by accident. either way though, he has to get to the bottom. >> what does the governor suspect? >> asking the president of the united states to get to the bottom of why there has been this impenetrable fog around his administration since september 11th, since september 12, 2001, where it has been very difficult to get straight answers. again, the information coming out may be misleading but inadvertently, but misleading.

the american people deserve a full account. >> much more on this tonight in the debate. dan senor. you can watch the final debate at 9:00 eastern, 6 pacific time, right here on nbc. a programming note this week, brian williams joins president obama for a series of interviews over the course of two days on the campaign trail. you can see them wednesday on "today" and nightly news and thursday night on "rock center." now send it back to new york where natalie has a check of other morning headlines. good morning to you willie and everyone. lance armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france titles this morning and banned for life from the sport. nbc's kerr sins has more. >> reporter: the president of the world body announced that lance armstrong has no place in cycling, confirming the u.s. anti-doping agency's decision to remove his titles and ban him for life after what they said was the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program the sport has ever seen.

now it means that armstrong maybe forced to pay back $12 million he got in winnings from promoters are. now, he has called it a witch hunt, that his livestrong charity has vowed to carry on, but these aren't the end of the questions, natalie. the international cycling union, the world body will need to explain how all of this could happen under their noses. >> all right, keir simmons covering this breaking story from our london bureau. thanks. new images this morning of former cuban leader fidel castro after reports he was gravely ill and near death. the 86-year-old published these photos of himself in state media, including several in which he is seen reading friday's copy of a communist party newspaper. u.s. congressman jesse jackson will soon return to the mayo clinic, according to his father, the reverend jesse jackson. the democratic respective from illinois has been on medical leave from congress for four moment a not yet indicated when he will return, releasing a robocall this weekend, asking his constituents for patience.

jackson remains on the november 6th ballot for re-election. police in california are asking for the public's help in finding an arsonist caught on tape setting fire to a man sitting outside a store. you may find this video disturbing. nbc's kristen dahlgren reports. >> reporter: it started as a peaceful scene, people milling about outside a long beach, california, market. note this 54-year-old man sitting down. police say he was simply waiting for his father to buy food. when suddenly, a young man appears out of nowhere, rushes toward the store and tosses a fiery bottle at the man, turning him into a ball of flames. the whole thing caught on surveillance cameras, as the crowd scatters and the explosion barely misses a mom and baby. >> the bottle kind of explodes and the flammable liquid that was inside engulfs him in flames and almost catches the lady who is standing there with the stroller. >> reporter: from this angle, you can see he's the victim

tears franticly into the parking lot, his clothes on fire as good sam mar tans rush to try to pat-down the flames. >> it looks like they used shirts and jackets to try to bat the flames out but it looks like they have a dficult time. it takes several seconds for them to finally get all of the flames out. >> reporter: the victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. he isn't being identified to protect his safety. police don't believe the two men knew each other and they don't suspect the attack was gang related. leaving them with only these pictures and a plea, hoping somebody might recognize the attacker and help lead them to an arrest. for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >> just a horrific story. >> now, let's head to wall street. cnbc's courtney reagan is at the new york stock exchange for us this morning. good morning to you, courtney. >> good morning, natalie. drivers may soon feel a little less pain at the pump. while prices are higher than ever for this time of year the

national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has fallen ten cents to $3.67 and could continue to fall. that's according to aaa. with peak driving season behind us, refiners switching to those cheaper winter blends of gasoline, aaa says prices at the pump could fall by as much as 45 cents over the next three weeks. natalie? >> that is news we like. courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange. thank you. well, when police couldn't stop this car, a super human pedestrian did the trick. take a look at this dash cam video from the suspect's car, shows him fleeing from a squad car behind him. he weaves through traffic but can't stop in time to avoid a man crossing the street. luckily, the pedestrian managed to walk away unharmed. pretty unbelievable stuff there. wow. that had to hurt a little bit. 7:19 now. turn back over to savannah and al. >> or a lot. lot. you have the weather. >> we have a big storm out west. winter has come with a vengeance

out there. you can see the rain and snow mixing into northern california, oregon, into washington state. as far east as montana and the dakotas. we are looking for winter storm watches, winter storm warnings from central california into western montana. snowfall amounts up to 18 to 20 inches at 5,000 feet or higher. in fact, the snowfall amounts we're looking right now, even at the lower elevations, will be about 1 to 6 inches. in the upper elevations, up to 2 feet or more in some of the local areas. rainfall 1 to 3 inches in central california into the pacific northwest causing big problems. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kieran. a cold start. we're down in the 30s still. we're about five minutes away from dawn. regulagan national is at 49.

later, a warm-up. the 60s by noon. low 70s midafternoon with lots of sunshine. delightful autumn afternoon coming up. tomorrow, warmer during the afternoons as well as on wednesday. upper 70s to >> and that's your latest weather. savannah the woman getting praised and criticized for spending a year living life according to the bible's rules for women. and how did it look from his vantage point? incredible new video of felix baumgartener's supersonic skydive into the record books. he is here for an exclusive live as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors,

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well, you have seen felix baumgartener's daring free fall from the edge of space, but not like this you are looking at what he saw as he plummeted to earth at the speed of sound from 24 miles up. and he is here to share more of that dramatic new video straight ahead. good morning, everyone, 7:30 now on this monday morning, the 22nd of october, 2012, i'm savannah guthrie and willie geist in for matt this morning in boca raton for the presidential debate tonight. >> that's right, savannah. also just ahead, the man who rattled wall street earlier this year when he published his resignation letter from goldman sachs in the "new york times." you remember this? he called the bank's culture toxic and accused his colleagues of ripping off clients. now, he is revealing even more in a new book, we will talk to him about that in an exclusive

live interview. >> all right, willie. speaking of books hour does pippa middleton feel about becoming a hsehold name because her sister married into the royal family? coming up, a rather refreshing answer in a first look at her new book. but we are going to begin this half hour with those new images of felix baumgartener's record-setting supersonic jump. we are going to talk to him live in a moment, but first, more on his incredible achievement. it was a moment five years in the making. >> felix, disconnect the oxygen hose. >> reporter: on sunday, october 14th, 43-year-old felix baumgartener stepped out onto the edge of his capsule 24 miles above the earth. and jumped into the history books. >> i wished the world could see what i see. >> reporter: but during his free fall you the former austrian paratrooper went into an out-of-control spin. for the millions watching live online and on tv, felix was just

a speeding white dot, but in this newly released video, which will be seen in an upcoming national geographic documentary, the view is terrifying. >> started spinning so wildly, it spun me around in all different directions and i was always trying to find out how to stop this. >> reporter: had his specially designed space suit torn it would have meant instant death. during the four minutes and 20 seconds of free fall, he reached record-breaking speeds of 833.9 miles per hour, breaking the sound barrier. all the while being closely watched by the team at red bull strats to mission chrome in new mexico, as well as his family and friends. >> i had tears in my eyes when i was coming back. >> reporter: his parachute deployed and felix glided safely back to earth. >> let me tell you, when i was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you want to come back alive, you know, because you do not want to die in front of your parents, your girlfriend and all these people watching this.

>> reporter: felix baum garth.er is with us exclusively. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> can you believe you did that? >> it is still hard to understand what happened. but slowly, it's coming. >> starting to sink in a little bit? wh what's it like to watch that video now? >> kind of interesting, it represents exactly what i thought was going to happen because i have been told that i'm going to spin and there's no way to not spin. and the problem is you have to find a solution how to stop the spin because you cannot practice for supersonic speed. you either go for it or you don't. but the time you step off, you have about 40 seconds to find out how to stop that spin. >> i want to talk about the spin but first, let's talk about that -- the ascent and also when you stepped off to do the jump. what is going through your mind? was there ever a moment when you thought, why am i doing this? did you ever lose yourer in? be honest? >> no, i'm honestly -- honestly, no. because i've been thinking about this for so many years. we have been practicing for this for five years. and in my mind, i did the jump

many times. there was a time i was sitting in that capsule or when i came out of that trailer, i was ready to go >> so, when you fall into the spin, how does it feel to actually be going through that? i imagine at the very least, you feel dizzy, the most understated thing of the year. >> of course, when you spin so violent what we call the rapid onset, all your blood goes into your brain, you known and there's a lot of pressure, of course and i had to maintain conscious, because i needed to stop this spin and i did. i had to use all my skydiving skills to perform well in those four minutes and 20 second he is. >> sounds like a crazy question but did you eat anything for breakfast? how did you keep it together as you're falling like that? >> i had two special-made shakes, yeah, to provide all the protein that i need. 'cause you have to spend almost six hours in that suit. by the time you close your adviser are, it takes about six hours later on until you open the adviser. can only sip drinks but cannot eat. >> is it all a blur when you're

falling that you fast at speeds over 833 miles an hour? >> actually, no, but i had an incredible view when i was standing on top of the world but at the same time, you realize everything around is hostile. and i thought, i have the privilege to stand here and nobody else was there before. and when you step off, you're on the way. >> did you enjoy it at all? >> um, honestly, no. this is work this is hard work. and later on, when my parachute opened, yeah, this was the first moment where i enjoyed it a lot, i knew it's over and i'm alive. >> a good view there are you hanging up your parachute, retired now? >> officially retired from the daredevil business. >> you are? you have had enough? >> i had enough. i did it all. i had enough. time to move on. >> our stomachs can't take it either. felix baumgartener, great to have you here. con gran lations to you. what a feat. >> thank you very much. now let's get a check of the weather from >> today's weather is brought to

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president of goldman sachs shook up the financial world with an op ed in the "new york times" it laid out why he was leaving his mid-level position, claiming there was a culture of excess and utter disrespect for client. we will talk to him in a moment. but first, nbc's mara schiavocampo has more. >> that "new york times" piece was utterly explosive. in it, smith resigned saying goldman sachs was toxic and cared only about money, not their clients' best interest. now there's more. smith's new book offers his account about the secret ways of wall street. it was the op ed heard round the financial world. in march, greg smith, a goldman sachs vice president, publicly resigned after 12 years with the investment bank in a "new york times" op ed, writing "the environment now is as toxic and destructive as i have ever seen it," saying "investors openly spoke about ripping their clients off, sometimes referring to them as money et cetera and claiming the big banks had

learned nothing from the financial meltdown of 2008." >> this piece is true it is shocking that nothing's changed. i mean, there's no humility. these people helped break down the western world. >> reporter: now in a new book, smith, who started as gotman as an intern in 2000, adds to his allegations, arguing that wall street today is as unscrupulous as it has ever been. >> greed, for lack of a better word, is good. >> reporter: smith says the word "muppet" was widely used, writing "being a muppet meant being an idiot, a fool, manipulated by someone else. i was shocked at how many times i heard people, both very senior and very junior, refer to their client as muppets." but the book covers more than just what happened in the office. smith recounts how during the colleagues' las vegas bachelor party in 2005, goldman employees drank heavily, lounged in a hot top with a topless woman and how one co-worker simply handed him $1,000 worth of gambling chips.

he took both chips and put them into my hand, enjoy the weekend. smith says that was par for the course, writing "alcohol was a big part of the culture at the firm, as it is on wall street in general. getting smashed with your clients was a regular occurrence." goldman sachs has contested the claims saying smith's account lacks first-hand evidence of malpractice, but the book provides a rare inside account of the normally closed world. >> it's kick significant because past employees of goldman sachs have rarely come out and criticized the firm there is a very strong corporate culture there. former employees tend to be very loyal to goldman sachs. so, really, smith's voice was one that was far different. >> but goldman says smith's voice is just plain wrong, glick a statement to nbc news, "mr. smith's op ed portrayed firm that sun recognizable to us and directly opposite to the culture we work hard to foster but we took his claims seriously and conducted a thorough review of

them. that review found no evidence to support his claims but did find mr. smith appeared to be frustrated about his career and future pros speak the goldman sachs." savannah? >> well, thank you. greg smith is with us now. he writes more about his time on wall street his new book "yes left goldman sachs." good morning. >> good morning. >> you went out with a bang. you wrote this op ed. what was your go? did you want to embarrass the firm? >> not at all. actually, you know, i worked at this place for 12 years, i put a lot of heart and soul in it. i used to fly out to stanford twice a year to recruit students but the mentality shifted from one where you were servicing clients to one where you were taking advantage of client and it reached a point where my values and the values i was seeing around me were not matching and the hypocrisy of that was very great. >> some say an investment bank being out to make money there where is the news there? what, in your mind, crossed the line at goldman? >> absolutely banks should be in the business for capitalism, making money, but i think capitalism doesn't need to come

with unethical behavior. i think once you start seeing unethical things, i think that's where you have to say you no he what this is not acceptable. >> what is the most egregious example of what you call unethical behavior that you personally witnessed? >> so this idea of teachers retirement funds, philanthropies, pension funds come to a firm like goldman sachs and morgan stanley and saying give us a good idea and these firms are overcharging these clients and i would just like people to know and one of the reasons i wrote the book was this directly affects people, when a teachers retirement fund in alabama or virginia is paying a bank an extra $2 million, that affects people. i think it's up acceptable. >> one of the things you write about and just heard in the piece that clients were routinely referred to as money et cetera. you say this term was ubiquitous in the london office. goldman sachs did $1 million forensic investigation found one instance in internal e-mail in which clients were referred to as money et cetera. how do you explain that? >> people i think are smart enough not to write an e-mail.

>> but your op ed did say that it happened in internal e-mail. >> absolutely and did it happen in internal e-mail. more so than that the idea of calling someone a muppet the other name is not the bad thing. the bad thing shut reason you are calling them a muppet, because the teachers pension fund gets tricked into trading a product they don't understand. i found that idea of searching for the word puppet to be a bit of a hollow exercise. what i was disappointed in, i would have liked goldman sachss to actually address the issues. are clients being ripped off, you know? i think it's pretty well known on wall street that getting an unsophisticated client to trade a very sophisticate product is a way to make money very quickly. >> the classic case of a whistleblower is someone who exhausts all avenues internally but don't get anywhere. goldman says you never complained about any of this. in the year i left, i spoke to nine senior partners from the firm, including partners from the year 2004 and we discussed ethic and culture.

behind closed doors, a lot of these people agree with me but no one is following say it publicly. and the reason is people are making too much money. so the reason i wrote the op ed was to almost force change, by saying sometng publicly that a lot of my colleagues agree with and acknowledge and the idea of being asked to make morally dubious decisions by ripping off a charity or a teachers retirement fund is something that bothers people so i actually wanted to try to change that. >> there is an internal review process, goldman points out you gave your superiors the highest marks. they also say basically that you were disappointed because you didn't get a raise and because you didn't get promoted. just wanto give you a chance to respond. >> sure. look, i was doing very well in my career, i survived one of the toughest places on wall street for 12 years. out of the 75 people i started with, there were only seven left. so i was doing well in my career but the idea of shoot the messenger i think surprises me a bit because it almost underlines my message of this erosion of integrity taind not being transparent. i would like goldman and the rest of wall street to actually

address the issues, are clients being ripped off? is the bank betting against clients with their own money? what i would like people to know and what i write about is in the book since the crisis, none of these problems have been if i canned. there are less banks and they are even bigger. so, posing an even greater danger to society. >> all right, greg smith, thank you for being here, for your perspective. remind everybody, the book is called "why i left goldman sachs". modern woman who floifrd a year according to the rules of the bible. she will be here to explain why. later, adele gives birth, but first, these messages. [ female announcer ] there are lots of different ways

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good morning. a cold start in the 30s to near 40 much of the region now but a rapid warm-up. afternoon high climbing into the low 70s with bright sunshine and even warmer on tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday. and dry each day. then saturday and sunday a bit cooler. back to you,

8:00 now on a monday morning, the 22nd day of october, 2012. and you can heart music. a little barry manilow to get us in the mood. barry manilow will be joining hoda and kathie lee a bit later. >> andy." >> mine is "it's america." >> a good one, too. good morning, i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker. willie geist is in boca raton, florida for the presidential debate tonight. >> you think it's chilly here, you ought to be in this debate hall. apparently, the campaigns agreed on meat locker settings tonight. florida, as you know is a big battleground state. both candidates have invested a

lot of time and money here. coming up, ryan seacrest hits the campaign trail in the sunshine state. meet some of the young people who have dedicated their lives to this election. >> all right, willie, we will check in with you in just a bit. also ahead, pippa middleton opens up about what it's like to share the spotlight with her sister, the royal wedding and a certain part of her body, yes, that part. what it's like to have that be your most famous asset. al what do you have? >> no pun intended. get t another woman getting a lot of attention, rachel held evans decided to live biblically for an entire year, following its rules for women. her new book about the experience is already causing a bit of a stir. we are gas going to talk to rachel and her husband in a bit. >> pretty interesting story. first, a check of the day's top stories. natalie morales is at the news desk. good morning again. >> good morning, savannah and al. good morning, everyone. the gunman accused of killing at least three women and wounding four others in a

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like pippa? here, less rock star, more martha stewart. pippa middle top's book is packed with colorful pictures showing people how to throw sweet, simple family parties how much she came to do this is not lost on her, she spells it right out. a bit startling to have global recognition, if that is the right word, before the able of 30 on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom. one day i might be able to make sense of this. in the meantime, i think it's fair to say it has its upside and its downside. i certainly have opportunities many can only dream of, but in most ways, i'm a typical girl in her 20s trying to form a career and represent herself. the ideas are easy and meant to be, including for halloween. the british still like to spell it with that apostrophe you lollipop ghosts stuck in a pumpkin, games, a doughnut tree, pumpkin bowling and recipes, miniapple pies, witch's fingers

made from cheese strauss or flavored butter with the gory appearance of entrails to seep into crumpet he is. >> certainly put the effort into it that kind of suggest she does want to make sherself a domestic goddess. >> reporter: pippa reportedly earned a half million advance to write "celebrate." >> i think she wants to distance herself from the image people might perceive her as being a bit of a party girl or somebody who lives a very luxurious and glamorous lifestyle. >> reporter: she did work for years at her family's online party business, wrote its newsletter and worked as an event planner. >> not trying to appeal to princesses out there but average joes who might want to try to perhaps put on a party that a princess would be proud of. >> reporter: stylish pippa emphasizes simple blitz details of her childhood with kate. turn off all the light us in the house and let flickering candlelight conjure up scary shadows. of course, she helped plan the ultimate party, william and kate's royal wedding reception. soon after the, pippa herself became a household name. now, perhaps, house party

helper. the recipes in here do look pretty good. amazon has the book listed for $31, down from 50. in the uk, it only costs $20. pippa suspect doing any press before the book comes out at the end of this month but some are saying, hey if this does well what could be next is a line of bakeware. who know what is kind of merchandising she could benefit from outthis. savannah? >> michelle kosinski in a rainy london. and a woman who decided to live biblically for one year. the decision that got praise and criticism, right after this. [ male announcer ] this is the opposite of subliminal advertising...

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what about in here? okay. a little ice cream. there's some sim lights or both camps. when was the last time you actually a day off? >> oh, ah, i think the last long weekend we had was two days and it was at easter. >> when is the last time you went on a date? >> let's keep walking. >> is anybody dating anybody from here? >> um, no. >> there's no co-ming.ing? >> we don't have time to worry about our romance, our social life. >> you haven't been on date since you started working here? >> i have not. >> you look down. you look over. >> i'm okay with it. i'm good. >> checking. tell me about this crew here. the pod room. >> the pod room? >> that's our training director. >> justin bieber fan in the corner. >> yeah. >>self be friendly? >> a good group here. >> what's her name? >> holly. >> i believe you. >> yes. >> do you have friends that are on the other side of the fence and if so when you hang out with them, can you talk politics?

>> yes and no. >> do your friends -- >> of course i have friends on the other side yes. >> how are those conversations? are they tense? >> they are not tense. when it comes to conversations, there's no need to be volatile or not kind to each other. >> if they respect my opinion, i respect theirs. >> you have got this on your resume what is the ideal gig after something like this? >> well, when governor romney gets elected, i would like to go to d.c. and see what happens. i especially admire ann romney so much, be honored to work with her. >> what is the most difficult part about your job and about being a part of this team? >> sometimes, like, the long days, you're even tired and you focus on a project and just so frustrated, it is just like pulling back a memory, like i'm here for the president. like, this is an honor. >> reporter: whoever ends up in the white house will have much to be grateful for, not the least of which are the broad shoulders of the campaign workers that helped carry him to

power. >> ryan seacrest taking us inside campaigns here in florida and we should point out, getting dominated on the foos ball table. let's send it back to new york now and natalie. >> sure was. all right, thanks, willie. now to a loaded question, what kind of life does the bible want you to live? one woman spent a year following all of its instructions and chronicled the experience in the new book "a year of biblical womanhood." we will talk to her and her husband in just a moment. but first, her experience. raised an evangelical christian in alabama, rachel held evans is no stranger to the bible and on a fall day in 2010, she started down a narrow road to abide by all of its rules for women. first, a few skills, taking a page from the book of numbers, she took her first crack at making challah bread. >> great job, hon. >> reporter: following proverbs, she learned to sew. >> this is hard. >> reporter: and made a few

wardrobe changes. >> deuteronomy 22 says the lord detests a woman who wears man's clothing so, to be on the safe side, you probly want to stick with flowing skirts like these. >> reporter: then there's motherhood. genesis says be fruitful and multiply. rachel doesn't have kids so she bought this little guy. >> the bottle doesn't work. the diaper doesn't work. >> reporter: from leviticus, rules for that time of the month. >> no touching any men, especially your husband. that means no hugs, no handshakes, no high fives and obviously you no sex. in fact, you may want to remove yourself from the household entirely. for my year of biblical womanhood, i camped out in a tent during my period. >> reporter: finally, some stranger deed. there is a verse in proverbs that says it is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman. i made a swearing jar of sorts. each time i caught myself in a habit of contention, i had to

put a penny in the jar. and each penny represented one minute i had to spend on my rooftop doing penance. >> what do you think our neighbors are going to think? >> proverbs 31:23 says a virtuous woman's husband is praise ted city gate. i made a sign, took it out to the entrance of my town and praised my husband the right way. >> that's right. dan is awesome. >> reporter: after 12 full months trying to live by the good book, one lesson became clear. >> biblical womanhood is not as simple as you might think. ♪ i got to have faith, faith, faith ♪ >> rachel held evans is with us now along with her husband, dan. good morning to you both. >> good morning. thanks for having us. >> good to have you here. i am so curious why you wanted to do this. what was your go? >> i think all women can relate to the feeling they are always falling short of some ideal and growing up in the conservative evangelical subculture you can the ideal for me had been biblical womanhood. i wanted to playfully challenge

that idea and challenge the idea that any of us are practicing biblical womanhood all the watch i thought this would be a fun way to do that, hopefully liberate women from the fear that they are fall willing short and remind everyone that the bible and women are much more complex than following a set of roams or rules. >> how hard was that for you to live your life for a year? >> it was really hard. i don't remember recommend anyone trying to. first thing i did was grow my hair long for the year. >> and you also -- to dan's benefit, i mean, you're he cooking for him, you're cleaning for him, you're basically subservient to him throughout that whole year. i mean, how was that? how did you feel about that? >> he made it easy. >> he made it easy? he didn't really help you, right? >> no it was actually little weird, in our relationship, we work such as a team for so long, seven years we were married at that time and so just to impose this hierarchy on our relationship that wasn't already there was kind of an odd experience, although i will say i didn't mind that she made me food. >> the cooking and the cleaning

and basically -- >> that was pretty great. >> i did call him master for one week. >> one week? what was that like, dan? you didn't particularly care for that? >> you would think it would be a turn on but it just wasn't because you liven a small town, rumor does get started if she is out in public calling me master. and so our relationship had been different for the first seven years so taking this new structure around adding it just wasn't quite -- >> not to make too much light you i mean it is a humorous account but not to make too much light there are certainly religious groups and christians who follow this ideal of living by biblical womanhood. how widespread is that? >> it is a hugely popular mom. and's one of the reasons why i wanted tohallenge it people were throwing around this phrase, biblical womanhood, as is if that is something any of us are really practicing. and you know, that's the challenge, looking for any person of faith who loves the bible, trying to figure out what parts of this book apply and should be followed literally and which parts, you know, maybe are

culturally influenced and how do we decided? i try to defer to jesus 'cause i'm a christian and loft him with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. and love your neighbor as yourself. does this help me love god better? does this help me love my neighbor bet center in stuff i you wanted to keep after the year related to that. >> what did your neighbors think of all of this, you have your tent in your front yard there. >> they stopped asking questions. >> your family? what do they say about the whole experience? >> very supportive and it was fun for them, too i made thanksgiving dipper for the first time ever and we were celebrating the jewish holiday you there was always food and wine and a lot of it was quite a bit of fun. >> just to obviously tell you, book ruffling some feathers. one reviewer said she took the bible and made a mock roift entire thing. how do you see coming out of this? what is your response to this and what did you learn? >> as a person of faith, i love the bible and hate seeing it reduced to annage joke at this time. the biblical woman is much more

complicated than we try dan, th much. we're back after your local news and weather. good morning. i'm keith russell. it's 8:26 on this monday october 22nd. seeing some problems on i-66 in virginia. straight to kenneth burns with your first 4 traffic. >> this is an overturned vehicle westbound 66 at 50 fair oaks. you can see, lanes blocked. the one right lane is getting blocked. that's a good two-mile backup. still working an accident northbound fairfax cnty parkway at fair lakes parkway. accident now on the shoulder. heavy to the beltway. keith, back to you. >> kenneth, keep u

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8:30 now on this monday morning, october 22nd, 2012. that means halloween is just around the corner. time is running out if you want to get your costume together for our halloween extravaganza. we will get dressed up, as we always do we want you to as well. come on down to the plaza for our costume contest it is time to get creative. we hope you will be. savannah guthrie alongside

natalie morales and al roker. willie is down in florida for the debate. i know you have to get ready. do you think it will be as contentious as last week? >> the format doesn't allow for that as much. governor romney and the president will be seated at a table across from the moderator, you will see far fewer violations of personal space tonight that's my thought. c very easily. >> we will tune in anyway. >> no boxing ring this time around. >> willie, see you a bit later on. what else we got coming up here? an i shall through can separate some of us, are you a cat person or a dog person? who here is a cat person? cat? raise your hand? dog people? coming up, why your answer could actually say a lot about your personal. jenna bush hager will explain. >> cats are known embezzlers. >> they are no. >> personalities. with jenna bush hager. >> and they will short-sheet your bed.

eric ripert is going to show us how to make a great meal in a toasteren of. no he is not going to be in the toaster oven but going to show us,use it. >> like the sound of that first, a check of the weather. >> let of the weather. >> starting off with today. we are looking at the week ahead. we've got cooler than normal conditions out west. mountain snows. above normal conditions here in the eastern two-thirds of the country. by the time we get to the midweek period, that cold air makes its way east. still warm in the east. and also into the midwest. then into the latter part of the week, ooh, the cold air growing. look for snow in the northern rockies. we look for temperatures that are going to be cooling down throughout much of the country as the week wears . that's what's going on around the u.s. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> it is a cold start here. in fact, you need a jacket now. you'll be comfortable in short sleeves by later this afternoon. right now, much of the region just beginning to climb into the

40s. and later today, we ought to hit near 70 by midafternoon. and lots of sunshine tomorrow. well, a few clouds around in the morning. might have a sprinkle north of the metro area. partly cloudy in the afternoon. might get near 80 wednesday afternoon. beautiful weather for thursday, friday. high 70s. turning a little cooler for the that weather any time you need it. go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. savannah? all right, al, thanks. now more on tonight's final presidential debate, from the format to the topics, very little is left to chance. jeep nah wolf looked into how the candidate please paired. good morning. >> good morning to you, savannah there is a reason people have debate parties much like they have super bowl parties thoochls very become events and it is not just about the words. it's really about everything else. it's called style over substance and from what i've been seeing, it's always been that way. before every great debate,

there's always the other debate. >> what they are gonna wear? do they sit or stand behind the podium? do they get to walk around? is it a bar stool? is it a chair? >> reporter: questions that need answers and answers that need to be worked out to the smallest detail. >> spont neigh sit overrated when it comes to debates. >> reporter: believe it or not, nothing, and i mean nothing is left up to chance. >> everything is rehearse and rehearsed and rehearsed. >> reporter: their outfit you the tie comer, the suit. >> nobody is going to step now the a seersucker suit. >> reporter: even the wives were strategically dressed on debate night. >> both fuchsia. >> reporter: their last meal? >> the president ate steak and potatoes and the campaign put that out there. >> reporter: yes, even their posture was perfected. >> mitt romney was coached on how to sit on a stool. >> a made for television event. i do not think you can lose sight of it. they certainly do not lose sight of it. >> reporter: they also note stakes i and those stakes are so high, the candidates start prepping for these debates

months and months in advance, reviewing policy, yes, but also reviewing logistics. remember, nothing is spontaneous. >> just about every great line in a debate, famous line in a debate, was a rehearsed line. >> senator, you're no jack kennedy. >> reporter: there's no s.a.t. prep courses here but it's close. both candidates spent hours and hours debating mock opponents before the big event. >> who are these mock opponents? >> john kerry played mitt romney and he studied for months. rob portman is the republican senator from ohio, he played barack obama. >> reporter: so, why all the studying and the prepping by the candidates? because it's exactly what we want to see. >> i think every candidate is looking for a moment. >> reporter: so, when these two begin their final debate tonight, just kw that they know exactly why they're there. >> you're selling a package. you're selling a story. not just sell a set of policy position, you're selling a life. >> reporter: because tend of the day let's face it for all the politicking that's getting done -- >> it's all about how want to

have a beer with anyway. >> reporter: not that either r i have here what is called the memorandum of understanding it is actually the rule book dpeert bait, like 50 pages here this is the cut down version. the candidates broke five to six rules already. so, why don't you take a look, study it i will come back in the next half hour and you let know. >> i'm glad you're here tone force it >> when you want politics you came to the right person. >> studying this all weekend. jenna wolfe, thank you. coming up next, are you a dog person or a cat person? what your pet reference says but. jenna bush hager is here with her cats. so we know where

an issue debated for generations, cats or dogs? "today" correspondent jeep nah bush haiger is here with insight on that age-old question. good morning, jenna and old friend. >> this is my friend,

bernadette, my pet preference. we decided to ask the question, does our animal of choice say more about us than we think? and it turns out, it does. it is one of those basic human divides, you are either a cat person -- >> i want chicken, i want liver, meow mix, meow mix, please deliver. >> reporter: or a dog person? >> hi, i'm elle woods and is brucer woods and we are both gemini vegetarians. >> reporter: with the increase in technology it has never been easier to show the world which side you're on. >> seems to be a bit more spiffish. >> reporter: a study by university of texas professor sam gosling found that the animal we choose may say more about us than our pet. >> dog people were higher on the dim mentions of extra version, agreeableness and conscientiousness. and cat people were higher on unusual rot cism and openness. >> that's me.

>> reporter: i, for one, have never been shy about my pet preference, although i may fit the crazy librarian cat-loving stereotype it seems that stereotype is increasingly changing. jackson galaxy wears his preference on his sleeve, literally. he put the masculine in meow. >> i'm jackson galaxy, a musician by night and a cat behaviorist by day. >> reporter: galaxy is the host of the show "my cat from hell" and travels the country transforming demonic felines into purring lap cats. oh, hello. and then he is going to follow me over here. >> reporter: i was hoping he could help me with my own cat woes. hey. how are you? >> aim great. i'm jenna this is bernie. >> what's up, bernie? >> we love her, she does have unusual rose is he is, including waking up at 3:30, 4:30 and 5 can 3 0 on the dot. >> on the dot. >> the only way i can stop her from meowing is pull her close from my face, hug her and she

purse. >> if you want to get sleep the only way that's gonna happen is for you to go through a painful bit of withdrawal that's going to take about a week or two. >> look how dependent she is h she is a mama's girl p. >> look what you've done, jenna. look what you have done. >> i have created a monster. >> this is a cat monster. >> reporter: now that you know write stand, i thought it only fair to also hear from a self-proclaimed dog lover and who better than the author of the best-selling book "marley & me." >> you would say you're a dog person? >> yes, i would definitely call myself a dog person. >> so, are you agreeable? >> i think i'm a pretty agreeable guy p. >> might have to ask your wife. >> she might disagree. >> conscientious? >> i true i to be conscientious. >> reporter: "marley & me" is the true story of a mist chef vows hyper dog that struck the hearts of millions and even made into a movie. i have to ask, do you think if marley was a cat, do you think the book would have done as well?

>> that's good question. probably not, actually. cats are almost too smart for their own good. so they don't play those dumb -- the dumb role that a lot of dogs do that humans can find so funny and charming. >> reporter: whether you're a dog lover or a cat lover, it seems it's the power of companionship, unconditionable love, that we all crave from our pets. >> i think an animal can really up lock the humanity inside of each of us we go through our lives and these busy rat race lives and we kind of put our armor up and a pet can really help unlock that armor and let our hearts come out again. >> reporter: maybe that's why i haven't been able to just let bernie cry it out at night. if turns out i'm an enabling mother, but she is just too cute. and such a good cat on live tv, i have to say. >> she is. >> natalie, other differences from a different study, dog people are more likely to consider paul mccartney their favorite beatle cat lovers favor george harrison and cat

people say that they are fashion challenged, which i personally disagree with, right, bernie? dog people think of themselves as fashion conscious. she did a good job. a little scare she had might give me a scratch. >> bernie is really a bernadette, right? >> we were nah debt for long. >> says lot about your personality why did you name a cat we were nah debt? >> she is an old lady and i might be an old soul. my mom is a librarian, was a librarian, i do fit that stereotype. we grew up with cat names. my cat name was marmalade. >> you had a cat name? >> i only went by my cat name. i blame this really on my mother. >> okay. well, i have a cat and -- i have two cats and a dog and i have to say i'm a little bit of the agreement and neurotic personality so i guess i'm a little bit of everything. i'm combo. >> aim unusui'm neurotic only a cat. >> looks like she is comfortable there jenna bush hager. still ahead, gourmet cooking in your toaster oven, but first

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back now at 8:46 with a school in the middle east that is trying to break the mold for girls and boys. nbc's amman mohyeldin is here with more. good morning to you. >> is called the kings academy, the idea was born out of king abdullah of jordan's own experience of boarding school here in the u.s. few thought a private coed boarding school in the heart of the middle east could succeed a few years after it opened its doors, the school is thriving, growinand attracting some of the region's best and brightest students. in a region steeped in conservative tradition, a modern laboratory of learning is breaking new ground. >> 167. >> reporter: where boys and girls study together, play side by side and can even use dance to express themselves freely.

this is not your typical middle eastern school. instead, it's one preparing students for whatever life's punches come their way. and to bring a new vision to a region that's been mar roomed into turmoil for generations. it was king abdullah's experience at deerfield college in massachusetts that inspired this model academy. >> independence of thought. the ability to reason critically. respect for different points of view. those are the intellectual values that we value here. >> reporter: the school's mission is to bridge the gap between rich and poor in the region. nearly half the students receive financial aid. and while boys slightly outnumber girls, in the classrooms, all are encouraged to think creatively. like using current magazines to label classic american novels. >> fear and shame. i like those words. >> reporter: all on this idolic campus where boys and girls live together but in separate dorms.

>> guys, guys, girls. >> reporter: at the heart of the school is the dining hall, where more than 400 students from over 30 countries serve one another, breaking more than one traditional norm. >> there's a lot of people with different ideas. >> reporter: teachers and pupils, seniors and freshmen sit side by side, all to encourage equality and a little coed comradery. >> coming from saudi arabia, for you to be in a classroom with girls, it must be a new experience for you. >> it's actually quite nice. it's different. >> reporter: it's not just campus living that's challenging. in class, no subject is offlimits. today's history lesson, controlling population growth by using birth control. >> would there be any woman in this classroom willing to sterilize themselves? >> no. >> if you don't learn about them now in school, you're never going to learn about them. >> reporter: although has a global outlook, the school has a

strong commitment to its arab identity and culture. [ knocking ] offering foreign students a chance to learn arabic for a year. >> how is your arabic? [ speaking arabic ] >> i haven't learned that one yes. >> our students are very smart young people that are global citizens. they are aware of old-- all issues around the world at large. >> reporter: that is due to the king himself who comes and speaks to them about everything, including the arab spring. >> he tells me those are the questions he fierce the most because you never know what those young people are going to ask. >> reporter: at a time of a tremendous change and challenges, jordan's leaders hoping this educational oasis in the desert may prove to be the region's source of new leaders and problem solvers. beyond what is taught in the

classrooms are the teachers and administrators want the students, many whom will go on colleges around the world to leave kings academy with a better understanding of the arab world them hope the students will serve as future ambassadors that can come bat the negative stereotypes of the middle east. >> you see boys and girls but different nationalities of the school. up next, we will head into the kitchewhere chef eric ripert shows us how to do gourmet cooking in the toaster oven, an idea whose time ike leggett: gaming generated one hundred and eighty... million dollars for maryland schools. question seven will double it. rushern baker: question seven will add table games and... a new casino, generating millions of dollars... every year, without raising taxes. leggett: and audits will ensure the money goes... where it's supposed to. more jobs, and millions for schools. baker: question seven will be good for our kids... our teachers, and our schools. leggett: keep maryland money in maryland. baker: please vote for question seven. leggett: vote for question seven.

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>> announcer: today's cooking school is brought to you by hellman's. make it real. make it different. this morning on today's cooking school, a lesson on how to use your toaster oven to do much more than just make toast and heat things up. chef eric ripert is the owner of the fame la bernadine restaurant. where did this idea come from? >> i came home and my wife wanted to cook a meal for my son in a toaster oven and i was very condescending. actually, i was making fun of her an then i realized it was amazing what she cooked, came up with and i think it is a great way of cooking at home for one person or two people and it's easy and you can have some great recipes. >> energy efficient. >> absolutely. it is energy efficient it goes very fast. i'm going to show you the first one. >> crab cakes. how do we do this? >> going to do a crab gratton. very similar to crab cakes.

i picked the crab before. i'm adding the mayonnaise in it. some chives. a little bit of spice. not too much a bit of salt. pepper. lemon juice. like that and i mix it with a bit of bread crumbs. very simple to mix. >> that's easy. >> takes about seconds really. then you just put it in a mold, like that. >> wow. >> and how long do you put it in the oven? >> then going to go in a toaster oven for about eight to ten minutes. and then it will be ready. so, i'm gonna coat it with a bit of bread crumbs, like that. >> what temperature is the oven on? >> some toaster ovens have the temperature on it, you go to bake max, like 450 and some don't some this one is at broil. and we put it inside. >> okay. broil in eight minutes. >> it is like that. >> the next one sounds fancy, portabella mushrooms, provencal.

>> i have a knife four. >> showing her knife skills. >> you just remove the skin like that you peel it, the skin is a bit leatherry. >> i see. >> you can do it with your fingers. >> this could take a while. you do your thing and i will just keep peeling. >> ben it is peeled, you put the portabella here the middle of the trace, i have a bit of bar lick that reminds me of provence. some thyme, fresh thyme, olive oil. and you are very generous with the olive oil. >> all right. i'm still peeling. >> almost done. >> fyi. >> and port pellow will go innen of when it is ready, looks like that look. >> let me see. >> we have it here. >> beautiful. >> i can even slice it. >> i will slice.

while you go see al. >> nice. >> excellent. i let you slice. >> this is great for kids. >> and even for us. >> for us as well. >> i love it. >> we are going to put some salt and pepper around the provininee provenec provenec provence. olive oil on top. the toaster oven. >> we have dressing here? >> honey mustard dressing. very simple. >> honey and mustard. >> you want to whisk it? >> we want to get to the last one real fast. >> we will mention quickly, you can mak dessert in the oven as well, right? >> you can make desserts. so, when it's ready it will look like that. >> we don't have time to go through the whole thing. >> it is made. >> done. >> then we are going to make -- >> only 30 seconds. this is sugar -- like a pancake

mix, right? >> flour. a bit of vanilla. and then we mix. >> okay. >> like that. >> sugar-coated ramekin in there already. >> put some in there. >> this is what it looks like when it's done. >> our res police on today.com, in case you didn't catch all that eric ripert. >> still ahead, today.com. good, he's going to finish it. good morning. i'm keith russell. it's 8:56 on this monday october 22. a look at our top stories. prince georges county, police on streets looking for clues in the murder of 18-year-old markle ross. the south entrance of the station open after the replacement of three escalators. and fan favorite chris cooley expected to re-sign today after davis was lost for the year. chilly now, most locations in the 40s.

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back now with more of today it is a monday morning, 22nd day of october, 2012. have a beautiful fall morning here on rockefeller plaza, a great crowd, lots of smiles, got some birthdays, got some babies, got some anniversaries. >> we have it all. >> a beautiful day. good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker around thousands of his screaming fans. there are some girl scouts behind me. coming up next, jenna bush hager is going to join us for our take three today, the perfect guest, because she is daughter of a president. we will ask her what she thinks about the first ladies debate. >> her mom did terrifically in it. >> what first ladies debate, you might ask? have to stay tuned and find out about that. absolutely, then joy's healthy bite. that's right. we are going to find out about

joy chewing over all your health headlines, including pink's big weight loss after having her baby. and then cashing in on those in-store credit cards and rewards cards. how you should get paid back for your loyalty. >> like the sound of that. first, a check of the day's top stories. natalie morales is at the news deck. >> good morning, savannah and al. good morning, everyone. new details about the wisconsin man accused of opening fire at a spa where his wife worked killing three women and wounding four others. police say 45-year-old radcliffe haughton had slashed his wife's tires earlier this month. she was granted a restraining order against him and haughton was barred from owning a firearm. he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the salon. the final countdown to election day is und warz the candidates face off in their third and final debate tonight in boca raton, florida. the vase in a dead heat as a new nbc news/wall street journal poll showed the candidates tied,

each with 47% among likely voters. you can watch tonight's debate at 9 eastern time/6 pacific here on nbc. lance armstrong's name is being erased from the record books. this morning, cycling's governing body agreed to strip the american of his seven tour de france titles and ban him for life. they accepted a report from the anti-dope willing agency that accused armstrong and his teams of using a massive doping program to gain an unfair advantage. a funeral will be held friday for former south dakota senator and democratic presidential candidate george mcgovern. he died sunday at a south dakota hospice. the proudly liberal vietnam war opponent lost to richard nixon in 1972. he was 90. new images this morning, former cuban leader fidel castro, after more than a week of reports that he was gravely ill and near death. the 86-year-old published these photos of himself, including several in which he is seen

reading friday's copy of a communist party newspaper. u.s. congressman jesse jackson will soon return to the mayo clinic, according to his father, the reverend jesse jackson. the democratic representative from i will on a medical leave from congress for four months has not yet indicated when he will return, releasing a robocall this weekend, asking his constituents for patience. jackson remains on the november 6th ballot for re-election. the halloween spirit dominated the weekend box office. "paranormal activity 4" debut in the top spot with $30 million in ticket sales. runner up was iran hostage drama "argo" and "hotel transylvania" came in third. firefighters came to the rescue in china when a 4-year-old boy got caught betwn two walls. he had fallen from his third floor balcony into the gap between the buildings and stuck there for two hours until rescuers could make a big enough hole to get him out. he got some bumps and bruises but now is doing just type. very lucky little boy.

it is 9:04 right now you go to al with a check of the weather. >> amazing story. >> yeah. >> thanks so much. see what we havemuch. we have the pacific northwest and the west coast really under it. they're going to be looking at a lot of heavy rain and mountain snows as well. we have winter weather advisories and winter weather watches stretching from southern california all the way up into montana area. we're talking about snow above 6,000 feet. wind gusts at 40 to 60 miles per hour. even worse as you get higher up. snowfall amounts in the mountain there we're talking about anywhere from 6 to 12 inches. it could be as much as 18 inches of snow. rain is going to be a big problem. 1 to 3 inches of rain from central california into the coastal regions. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. still a chill in the air. just past 9:00. much of the region in the 40s. maryland, virginia, still out in

west virginia, parts of the shenandoah valley, now in the upper 30s there. later today, could make it to around 70, much of the region, with lots of sunshine. then tomorrow, a bit milder. maybe a sprinkle. partly cloudy afternoon with highs upper 70s. might make it near 80 on wednesday. 70s aga time for the take three, we share our thoughts on the stories catching attention. joining us today, marm ma lachld no jenna bush hager. >> i thought i would pull a cee-lo and have a cat here. >> grew one cat names. >> grew up with cat names. nothing wrong with that. >> no, no. not at all. everyone did. >> not r did you see the first lady debate? >> it was excellent. >> you know what, of course, there was no first lady do he bait, they'll to some of the folks jimmy kimmel found. take a look at this.

>> who do you think won the debate between ann romney and michelle obama last night? >> i have to say michelle obama. she really did a lot better. her speech was more grafted in. you know , more finely well cut more experience as the president's wife as a political figure in the public limelight. just wasn't lot smoother for her, she is just more experienced at this time. >> who do you think won the debate last night between ann romney and michelle obama? >> definitely ann romney. i think she is very classy and wonderful dlachltd. >> anything she said during the debate in particular? >> no i just like how she looks. >> michelle. >> why do you say that? >> because i love her. >> you think she did a better job? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, she is amazing. she -- yeah. she connected with people. that's what i felt. >> was there anything in particular she said that spoke to you? >> no. in general, i just sauer a little bit of it to tell you honestly, i had something else

going on, didn't see the whole debate but i sought personality came out you can the connection came out. she seemed more to the ground than ann. >> wow. >> wow. >> should be a first ladies debate. it would be interesting. >> i love that because that's exacy what i would do in third grade. did you see the movie over the weekend and i would say, yes, excellent. >> but these are adults. >> really elaborate. if your' gonna lie, i guess the theory is commit. the guy who is well cut -- >> finely dragrafted. >> this took place on earth two. >> the first lady and mrs. romney have been out a lot, making a lot of the rounds and so maybe people are getting a little confused. >> we are in an overly politically heated environment now. >> educated. so, there's camera and they say, oh, yeah it was excellent and i love the guy that was just like it was just on in the

background. >> but also shows you people believe what they believe and they are on the side they are on the doesn't matter. >> take two. >> all right. take two. this is interesting for the ladies. how women would see their perfect day. now, this is according to a study in the journal of economic psychology, surveyed about 900 women, average age of about 38. and topping the list, of course, getting a full, uninterrupted night of sleep, eight hours of sleep at least. here is the surprising factor, number two on that list, intimate relations, 106 minutes. that's one hour -- >> another 104. >> is this for real? 106 minutes? >> shopping way down. >> that would be every guy's perfect day. >> exercise. >> 106 minutes? >> yes. >> who are these women? where are the kids on that list? i guess you don't want to spend any time with the kids. >> 68 minutes for exercise? >> al, you're the only guy in

the group here. what is your ideal day look like? >> very much like that. >> 106 minutes probably not enough time. >> no i think it is the ability to spend free time, whatever you like to do to have it unincouple berred by your spouse or kids. >> some cases, you need your spouse. >> 106 minutes. >> or not. or a good book and there you go i think it just speaks to our lives, we are just so crazed right now, looking for time. >> 36 minutes working. i need to obviously rethink my workweek. because 36 minutes working is, even on a sunday, when you say you are work a lot more than 36 minutes? >> yeah, probably. >> the message is the more -- variety was most important. the more you do something, even if you really love what you're doing, after some time, just not the same. >> even the 106 minutes? >> yeah. >> take three. now we have all been out on live

shots. i don't think we have ever had anything happen like this. >> i'm scared to see this. >> these are cases -- >> robert doing a live shot at knbc, a cockroach -- >> slow-mo that. >> take a look. here we go. and on his shoulder. whoa. crawling around. the guy never misses a beat. >> okay. could you do that? >> no. >> could you keep talking? >> he must not have felt that. >> think the agoers pointed it out. accident feel it. that is why he was able to keep going. i'm sure he would have jumped out of his shoes. >> that's really bad. >> now you all imagine something happen during a live shot what is the worst, savannah that you -- >> when i was in college, i used to run cameras at the local pbs station. and i fainted live on the air. and so you didn't see any but the camera shot started floating upward, the woman on tv goes, oh, my god. and that was the craziest thing. >> we need that. >> we actually is a good one from our pal, mark potter.

take a look at this one. >> have now been oiled -- oh! oh! >> so i mean this one of my favorites. this reporter -- this weather person. can we rerack it? we jumped out of that for a second. he is doing his weather. he is doing his weather. >> oil. >> oh. >> mark potter? >> worth seeing again. >> and? >> oh, god. oh, my god! >> what is it? >> i love that. >> that would be my reaction. i actually, on a shoot, am allergic to cats, a whole different story. i know. i know. >> bernadette. >> deep seeded issues. i'm alearnic to cats and i was on the shoot with this little girl and she gave me her farm cat, broke out in a horrible

hive, eyes shut and i had to do the entire interview profile with this eye shut closed. >> all right, papa. >> but wait a second. i'm sorry, i need to go back to this. we just did a whole segment about cats. >> my cats have -- >> zyrtek. >> my cat is hypoallergenic. >> that's what he told you. >> when i adopted her. >> here is our bonus. last night, comedy central aired "the night of too many stars" in support of autism. earlier, we showed katy per write a young girl who did a beautiful duet with her. this is another side u this is america comes together, people would you never see together. here we have harvey kitele and carly rae jepsen doing "call me maybe."eitel and carly rae jepsen doing "call me maybe." ♪ don't ask me i will never tell ♪ ♪ i trade my soul for a wish,

pennies and dimes for a kiss ♪ ♪ i wasn't looking for this ♪ but now you're in my way ♪ your stare was holding, ripped jeans, skin was showing, hot night, wind was blowin' ♪ ♪ where do you think you're going, baby ♪ [ laughter ] >> kind of threatening. i'm a little scared of harvey keitel. >> the dancers, he has got like three jersey guys behind him. it was spectacular. >> you were there for it. >> it really was a great night. jon stewart hosted. meredith vieira, hoda cot business tom hanks, a whole bunch of folks all to raise topher walken would have been good. >> could have played the cowbell. >> thank you so much, jenna bush hager. >> marmalade, i like to call you now. >> thank you. up next, the five hottest

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♪ green giant this morning on joy's healthy bite, everything from losing baby weight to the truth about chocolate. joy bauer has the latest health headlines. good morning. >> the latest and the greatest. >> start off with good news in the health world, cholesterol levels are going down. >> i love to bring good news a recent study reported in "jama," in the united states, american adults have lowered their overall cholesterol by about ten points. also, our ldl, that's the bad cholesterol, has significantly drop and our hdl, the good guys,

have gone up. while it's true that a lot of people are taking these statin drugs, cholesterol-lowering medication, it's important to point out that these scientists looked at everyone across the board. so people who weren't taking medication as well t is likely because, kudos to us, we are not consuming as much transfat, the toxic stuff. we are also pulling back on th junky refined carbs. and we are smoking less. and it is a good time to remind all adults over 20, you got to know your numbers. get your cholesterols checked at least every five years. >> exercise regularly as well? >> if it's high, exercise regularly, limit that fatty meat. whole milk, dairy products and pour on, shower your body with produce. >> sounds good. now to astudy. we will loft author of this chocolate boosts brain power but not all chocolate?

>> we know the new recipient for the nobel prize of this year. this scientist out of columbia university found there is a strong, powerful correlation between countries that eat the most chocolate and produce the most nobel prize winners. and of course, switzerland is way at the top. and they eat about 26 pounds of chocolate per person per year. so i think americans have to get competitive here. got to -- >> are you encouraging us to eat chocolate? >> i am. >> but -- >> dark chocolate because the brain-boosting compounds called and a half vin floyd most concentrated in dark chocolate. pick dark chocolate that is at least 70% back coo or cocoa, because it is caloric, i want to show you something. for a thin clock late bar about it is about the size of a credit card. >> 26 pounds of chocolate would be lot. we are talking about just this, right, given quantities? >> feeling a chemistry award for you next year.

>> i can definitely do this i do have my little bit of dark chocolate every night. i'm on that study already. >> i love t another great study. shows that people who sit at their desk are actually doing -- putting themselves at a lot of risk to their health. >> this is worrisome. researchers out of the uk found if you sit for prolonged periods of time, talking about people who sit at a desk job or spend a lot of time in the car, natalie, they have doubled the risk for heart disease, diabetes and even death. what's important to point out here is if you have a desk job and you sit all day long and you hit the gym later in the evening regularly, you are still at risk. so i think the big take away here is as much as you exercise already, we have to get up and move during the day. so if you sit at a desk, set your phone alarm for every hour, get up and just stretch, walk to the bathroom, have a walking meeting if the weather permits, instead of sitting meeting. >> lunch, take a walk.

>> east coast/west coast flight international, walk the aisle. >> flight attendants love that last but not least, celebrity health news, pink looks amazing. showing off her post-baby weight. she lost over 50 pounds? >> yes. so she admittingly had gained 55 pounds with her pregnancy. she and had the baby a year and a half ago and what i love most about this story is she shows us that all celebrities don't snap back immediately. she took her time. she did it the right way. it was slow. it was steady. it was sane. and she really embraced a vegetarian-style diet. we know that is good for the environment. good for our body to get so many health perks out of t exercising about a hour a day. i think she looks better now than she ever looked. >> she truly does. that new mama glow. joy bauer, thanks so much. coming up, how to make the most of reward cards, but first, these messages. with over 200 varieties, keurig makes brewing a delicious cup of coffee simple.

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>> first, a check of the weather fous. >> you betcha. a look at today, a big storm in the pacific northwest with mountain storms, heavy rain as you get to the lower elevations. we've got showers and thunderstorms in the great lakes into the mid to ohio river valley. as we move into tomorrow, we have a lot of wet weather from the great lakes, western new york, all the way back into the pacific northwest, with mountain snoep snows there. windy through the southwest. sunny and warm into the mid-atlantic states. that's around the country. here's your neck of the woods. >> good morning. the bright sunshine but it is still rather chilly. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kieran. just past 9:30. 55 at reagan national. elsewhere, still generally in the 40s much of the region. later, we have to hit the 60s by noon. quite a warm-up on the way. lots of sunshine then tonight. clear to partly cloudy. a few clouds coming through. maybe a sprinkle.

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them? they get see what you're scanning, what you're buying and all that and information that they can use basically to get you some better deals. >> finally, really quick, a lot of credit cards have their own incentive programs as well. do you expect you have to pay an annual fee? >> for some you do natalie, you want to be careful. if you carry a bark the rewards don't make any sense, don't use them. if you can get a gas groceries c card, a card that will give you cash back for gas and groceries specifically, get you back $150 a year to $600 a year. >> like my am next/costco card. carmen wong ulrich. thank you so much. adding seasonal sizzle to your burger and shake. but first this is today on innocence. as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington.

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spice shake. spike mendelssohn is chef and owner of washington, d.c. restaurant, good stuff eateries and on the show "after top chef." good to see you. >> good to see you. >> they give you a hard time. what is up with that? >> the do maybe jealous. >> hating. >> they are hating had. i feel like i'm behaving on the show. pretty good. >> and nobody is going to hate you after this turkey burger. >> yes this turkey burger, great fall recipe. we got a little brown but thor in here, add a little bit of sellry. >> the knock on turkey burgers, they are kind of dry. >> they are. people always ask me, one of the biggest things with turkey burgers they can turn out dry, kind of saw dust sort trick is to add a little bit of love to t all about the love, right? a little bit of pepper. see that? >> what are we making here? >> just adding some flavor, some apples, some school yip, celery, marinate it buzz this, got some mango and chipotle in here to give it spice.

let's turn this thing on, i have used one of these before. go you eat turkey burgers? >> you know, because of the dryness, i -- >> the dryness? >> i'm a little skeptical. >> got to fix now. can you mix that around for me? you know you like cooking with me. >> i do. >> shake it a little bit what you're going to do is cook this down a little bit, let all the flavors develop, get the seasonings and then you are left with this beautiful little mixture here. >> that's nice. >> going to take the turkey, add a bit of lemon juice. >> white turkey meat or dark? >> this is white, you can tell because it is a little bit pale. dark just seems to be a little bit dryer usually. >> interesting, i would have thought it would be the opposite u >> the flavor is a little bit gamier, just slightly you not that big of a difference. just going to add some of this love over here, going to mix it up. just like that. like this? >> that looks awfully moist. >> it does, right? >> so the thing is like you don't want to get it too wet so they fall apart when you cook in the pan, wet enough, you can see

we have some over here so just step over here. >> come on. so, all right, the turkey burgers, cooking, got to be rel really delicate with them, moist, break apart, add delicious carmelized onions on top of these. >> how much on both sides? how long do you cook? >> i think three minutes, turkey, poultry, tough cook it to well done. >> sure. >> not like a big you can keep that nice medium rare and why. add a little brie cheese on top of there. >> nice. >> all right. just melt it. >> you cover it up. >> voila. doesn't that look delicious? nice and melty. >> look at the translucency -- >> that's what i love. >> like screaming. so i got two different buns, a brioche bun, which you can find pretty much anywhere. >> sure. >> but just to switch things up a little bit -- >> hi. >> i got a little bit of cinnamon toast over here just because it is seasonal, i think it complements the brie a little bit. just toast those off. >> yummy.

>> try it there. >> sold on the turkey burger? >> well, i'm thinking i'm going to be. >> if you put cheese on it. the onions and all that. >> looking really juicy on the inside. that is great. what is in the shake, spike? >> the shake is a toasted pumpkin marshmallow shake. >> what goes into that? >> simple. take the great seasonal mushrooms you find in the stores, roast them and then we just mix when this a little pumpkin puree, a little bit of milk, blend them up. >> really yummy. >> a great seasonal pear salad. >> spike mendelssohn, thank you so much. "life after top chef" wedges nights at 10. >> coming up, barry manilow. maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland

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good morning. i'm keith russell. it's 9:57 on monday october 22. a cold start to the day but things are warming up. a look at the forecast with storm cast 4 meteorologist tom kieran. >> as we approach 10:00, still chilly throughout much of the region. we have temperatures that are still only in the low to mid-50s. that's a lot better than it was around dawn when we were in the mid and upper 30s throughout much of the region. later today, beautiful afternoon. lots of sunshine. low humidity. a light wind. look through the week, a warm-up on the way through tuesday, wednesday, into thursday and friday. a bit cooler for the weekend.

kenneth burns, how's traffic now? >> tom, outer loop delays in maryland from college park continuing to bethesda. they're easing up a little bit. new accident westbound 66. blocking the left hlv lane. you still see a delay heading into d.c. westbound 66 inside the beltway, 13 minutes. keith, back ton y you. 2012 chef of the year stops by our studio at 11:00.

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. from nbc news, this is "today." with kath lee gifford and hoda. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and a good old good morning to everybody. it's fun day monday. it's october 22nd, and this is going to be more fun than ever, because barry manilow is here. for all you fanilows out there. one of the greats of all time. one of the nicest guys. he is such a good pal to me through the years, and he has a new cd called "15 minutes" based on that andy warhol everybody will have their 15 minutes of fame in the new world today.

he is going to sing for us today. >> i love "mandy." >> in new england we're going to try to get -- how about -- the -- the -- the -- we almost made it." >>. >> there's so many. my favorite, i think, "and when october goes." it kills me. that one voice. note at the copa, copa cabana. >> i want him to come to our opening might at the copa. our party is at the copa. >> you had a wild weekend, huh? >> starting friday night we had such a nice wedding. >> meagan cops, the p.r. director for the "today" show got married to a wonderful man named brit. just before we cut away from

this picture, let's stay here for a minute. they should saying their vows at the chelsea pier. >> right on the hudson river. >> can you see the sun going down. the clouds were -- >> it was beautiful. >> yeah. >> and just when meagan was going through her vows. he was, like, do you, meagan, take brit to be your lawfully wedded -- and in the middle of it -- [ fog horn ] >> fog honor through the whole -- >> everybody cracked up. >> there was lots of -- there's meagan and brit. >> beautiful. >> they're both southerners. there we are. there's matt. it's the only evidence that i was actually at that wedding because i rushed over -- there's christine gardener, one of the few pictures you'll see of christine. >> there's some other -- look at the dancing. savannah natalie, and meagan doing -- i think this was gangnam style.

>> whatever. >> and there's tammy and bobby. >> yeah. i'm so glad i was able to make it for the ceremony. it was really great. you know what the thing about meagan too, she's on a plane right now. she can't hear us. she's on her way to hawaii. forget about all of us hopefully. she does more for everybody here, and it was so nice to finally see her moment. then sunday night you had -- >> there was a fun event. it was called a night of too many stars. it was something comedy central does to help kids with autism because a man who worked with comedy central named robert smeigel, his child has autism. look what's happening here. >> seth meyers. >> who was that? he was blocked. anyway, it was a lot of fun. it was a telethon. meredith was there. the guys from "snl." >> you get on the phone and try to get people to give money. sdoo they made a lot of money for autism. john stewart. >> oh, that's paul rudd.

darling. he is on a show called "grace" right now on broadway. >> yeah. >> it was a fun, fun night, and they raised a lot of money for autism. >> good for you. aren't you the best person in the whole world? >> you have been quite busy too, haven't you? >> i felt funny yesterday. we had a three-show weekend, and i haven't missed a minute of it yet. i can't because we're still making lots and lots of changes, but yesterday we had -- i had something i had to do, so i missed the matinee yesterday. i heard it went well, but, you know, one of my favorite things is greeting everybody there and thanking them for coming in. they're coming in from all over the country, ho. seriously. thank you, everybody. i'll be back again tomorrow night. wednesday, hopefully you got your tickets. it's sold out. hoda and i are going to be holding wine day wednesday matinee party at gallagher's. >> we'll be drinking with you. come join us for a sip of something. good news for just you know timberlake and jessica beal. we knew they were getting married. it's official. on friday night in southern

italy the two who have been dating for five years ended up getting married. there were 150 guests there. gemmy fallon was there, andy samburg. >> that's not from the wedding. it's a black tie event. >> there were fireworks and all kinds of things, and there was a picture -- was it in the paper? >> i'll try to find it. >> there it is. >> hopefully it is just because they're exhausted. >> and they're in the airport. >> and it's not because there's already trouble in paradise because this is not the way -- >> you see? >> yeah. >> can you come in a little closer there? just, first of all, they don't seem too happy. now, they might just be exhausted. >> yeah. >> could be. >> yeah, yeah. >> italy is one of my favorite places on the planet, you know? that's a beautiful place to get married. that's a beautiful place just to go and have dinner. just eat. go -- anything you do in italy seems to have magic attached, you know? >> yes. congrats to adel. >> she had a baby boy. >> we don't know the name. we don't know how big. we don't know -- ♪ it's skyfall >> remember, she came here early on in her career before she was -- >> adel.

>> before she was really famous, and every time she comes, she's so humble and understated. anyway, she had a baby with her boyfriend named simon, and she's 34. he is 38. >> good for her. >> everybody is talking about this. there's a weather man who apparently did something crazy on the air. >> we don't know what it is. >> we haven't seen it, but it's been circulating, so let's watch. >> this is a tropical storm. why are you showing me this? because john is going to move north. the moisture from john goes over. the spin, the storm itself will turn into a depression. nothing really to worry about as far as wind goes, but watch where the precipitation will go. some of it will head up towards the west. some of it will -- [ laughing ] >> oh, my god. oh, no, indeed. why are you showing us that? we don't know. oh.

>> oh. anyway, now, saturday night live apparently was fantastic. bruno mars was hosting it, and very rarely do they have the host also be the musical guest, but i guess loren michaels says let's get you for both because he is amazing. >> it's the highest rated "snl" of the season. >> good for him. >> there was a bit. we were talking about the brad pitt chanel ad. apparently they had some fun with this. >> this is tarn killian -- >> you want me to sound less coherent? really? okay. i can just start making up words. you like that. all right. splendiferous. magnificous. delicious. i'm sorry. is it just me or do i like super homeless? >> cute. >> it went on from there. you know what, if their point was to get everybody talking

about chanel, they are. i don't know how many people are buying it, but -- >> it did work. remember the other day we had all the cosmo bachelors here. >> a nice batch this year. either i'm getting really old, or there was a really good batch this year. >> we didn't know who was going to be the favorite of all the bachelors, according to our facebook people, but apparently everybody weighed in, and they decided that the favorite of all the shirtless men was anthony from brooklyn. he is one of our cameramen here. facebook fan alissa curtis wrote in. hi, anthony, my mom is a fun, outgoing lady who is looking for a down to earth guy with a peshlt and a heart. my single mother is looking for a man just like you. >> well, there's just one little problem. he is married. all right? he has been married for a long time. >> yeah. and i guess the big contest w won by mr. louisiana himself. >> yeah. >> ryan schenevere, and he won $10,000. >> britney seems to be getting around. britney is now -- she was at the

cosmo party. she was -- she's everywhere. >> that's all right. you know, she's already in love. she's in love with steve who is the -- what? what? >> you weren't supposed to say that. >> why not? everybody is in love with steve. he is the lead in "once." she's got to get in line. that's my problem. everybody loves steve. >> exactly. >> all right. no big cret. look what i'm looking at. look what i'm looking at. look just what was dragged in from brooklyn. >> yes, barry manilow is here. say something, barry. >> i'm here. ♪ you know i can't smile without you ♪ >> we know that, but it's so weird to see you sing there and not be playing the piano. >> there you are. >> we pay more if you actually play the piano? >> i can hear you now. sure. >> it's not just barry manilow. garth brooks was inducted into the country music hall of fame sunday. that surprised me.

i just thought now? he is the third best selling artist of all time behind elvis is second and the beatles third. garth brooks. >> love it. >> wasn't televised, but he said he was incredibly emotional about it. i like his wife. good for him. >> shall we talk favorite things? what's yours? >> you know what my favorite thing is happening tonight, and next monday night as well. david friedman, you all know him from writing. write me every month. he is going to be at 54 below where the old studio 54 will be. tonight next monday at 7:00 p.m. 254 west 54th street go to 24 below.com. he will be doing an evening of his own songs. barry is a huge fan of david's and performs some of his songs. he is going to be there tonight. i like that. >> yeah. mine is also a musical deal. katie perry. i don't know if you watched comedy central last night, but katy perry sang a duet with

somebody from autism. her name is jody piazza. watch this. ♪ make them go ah, ah, ah ♪ as you shoot across the sky, sky, sky ♪ ♪ you're a firework >> oh, wow. >> it was so beautiful that everyone at the beacon -- this was played at the beacon. they played together when it was -- i can't take it. there was not a dry eye. she got up after it was over, the little girl, and she had this beautiful embrace with katy. >> what a life-changing moment for her. look. she can't hug tighter, huh? >> oh. beautiful. what do you got, honey? >> that was so sweet. this is something that kathie used before, but this month lash control is donating 30% of the proceeds to look good, feel good for people in cancer treatment. the cool thing about this mascara is that you squeeze it so it doesn't get clumpy. it comes out. you know you like it. >> yes, i love that.

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♪ >> thrilling. for nearly 40 years -- the minute you hear the music you know that barry manilow has been a mainstay with more than 80 million records sold. he spent although money and wants you to buy his new cd, and tony and emmy and grammy awards to prove it. >> his newest album, it is titled "15 minutes." >> hey, barry. >> hi, guys. >> this is all based on the fact that -- it's all about fame, getting it, enjoying it, and losing it is a theme. >> you see "american idol." i did three "american idols" and i watch these young kids who have really very little experience suddenly become household names. how do they handle that? i mean, you know, even though i was an adult when "mandy" hit, it kind of knocked me over. i didn't expect all that. >> yeah. >> was it fun writing new music? we're so used to your old

classics. >> i love it. this one -- this "15 minutes" is more of an up tempo rock 'n' roll thing. >> i'm surprised. >> than i have ever done. >> who is this lyricist you work with so much? >> i worked with him on "mandy." i met him at the trumador. >> you cleaned up after yourself back then. >> he handed me a stack of lyrics, and he said would you take a look at these, and i -- they were great. they were great. most of the second album is his lyrics. >> oh, you're kidding. >> it is. that's why i'm -- >> all the fans who are standing outside watching you, what do they think of the new stuff? >> they're crazy about it. read it on amazon and on itunes. i'm so grateful because, you know, it's kind of different for me, that one. i'll be doing this single in a couple of minutes. you'll hear it. >> we listened to the cd this morning. now, let me ask you this.

you said -- i was surprised hear you say this that when fame first happened to you, you were surprised at how you became a person you didn't like anymore. >> i think everybody does. i think, you know, you turn into a brat for a while. i turned into a brat. it's all fear because your life changes overnight. suddenly they're treating you totally different than ever than you have ever been treated before, and i think everybody turns into a brat. >> you have a big announcement, don't you? you have something coming up what's happening? >> here's what happened. >> what? >> we were going to try to make pls for next year, and, you know, i have been playing arenas and there have been wonderful, wonderful dates, and i got to new york, and i said it would be great to play a broadway theater. you know, i know all my advisors say, you know, don't do that. >> why not? >> well, you know, because you can play arenas. >> you can make so much more money in the big places. >> but you still are big enough -- i said you don't know what i'm talking about.

when you come from new york, the idea of playing a broadway house, a broadway theater is so thrilling. >> yes, and some of them are just empty right now. they're dark because they're waiting for shows to come in the spring. >> so we're playing at st. james. >> it's a great theater. just one night? >> i'm playing for -- until they stop coming. >> great. please play a little "mandy." >> really? >> just that part. >> you know, the intro? i'll be playing that every night at the st. james. ♪ oh, mandy well, you came and you gave what i'm taking ♪ ♪ but i sent you ay oh, mandy ♪ >> in the original piece -- >> wow, that's what i was just thinking. all right. ♪ october goes >> oh, oh. >> you know about it? ♪ and when october goes

the snow begins to fly above the smoky roofs i watch the planes go by ♪ >> that is a lyric by johnny -- that's why it was so thrilling to write a song with johnny mercer. >> johnny mercer. there was a huge thing of lyrics at the vatican, and his widow said you -- oh. >> can we -- >> it's a miracle maybe. >> which one? >> "it's a miracle." >> we just played that. >> yeah, but -- ♪ ♪ you wouldn't believe what i did the cities and towns i've been in ♪ ♪ every town in between >> that's it. >> i got to say too that david

pomerantz who composure on -- >> he is working with you. >> he is working with -- >> what a brelant guy. >> what a brilliant guy. let's do a little of that. >> as we go out. you're going to sing later in the show. >> he is going to sing his new -- ♪ i've been up >> that one? ♪ ♪ down, trying to get the feeling again ♪ ♪ all around trying to get the feeling again ♪ >> barry is going to be back at the end of the show. keep going. >> keep singing, baby. take us out. >> he is going to sing his new hit for us right after this. ♪ i love high, low everywhere i possibly go ♪ ♪ wow... [ female announcer ] sometimes, all you need

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we get to meet our fan of the week. sarah, who is the lucky winner? >> just a little hipt. it's a boy. drum roll, please. our winner is brian hackel from chicago, illinois. wmat, channel 5. he is a registered nurse, and the fourth hour provides laughs for him and his patients each day. he and his partner nora sneak a peek at the show in their break room and have their own host chats in the hall halls of the office. people lot of them. brian uses the hot topics from the chat as a way to break the

ice and engage his patients. our "today" mug is proudly displayed on the nurse's stand. nutrition and fitness are a important part of brian's life, so he loves joy's fit club and segments about staying healthy, and he uses the advice for his patients. october is cruiseline international association's national cruise vacation month, and to continue celebrating we're sending you to the mediterranean. >> oh, my gosh! >> you'll sail on winstar cruises glitter and glam including barcelona and cannes, monte carlo, and rome. >> you are kidding me. >> the accommodations are -- >> how do they get on that boat? >> carnival used to own those. that's where we made cody, so be careful. >> you might come home way parting gift. >> jessica beal, adel, and today's buzz. >> we'll meet the newest member of joy's fit club. >> the legendary barry manilow.

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>> we are back on this fun day this is a fun day. >> jessica and justin tied the knot. >> they got married over the weekend in italy. i have called every single friend he has in the world, and nobody will tell me nothing. his friends are really private. they took their cell phones off, but he didn't need to. he has the loyalest friends you could ever imagine. really not that many celebrities. it wasn't a big celebrity wedding. andy samburg from "snl" was there.

jimmy fallon. in sync was not there. it goes to prove this was a wedding about people that meant a lot to him in his life now. not necessarily from the past. this is a small wedding. >> close friends aren't everybody you worked with. just me and you. >> you two. the pictures are going to be in ""people magazine"" this week, so if you want to see that beautiful dress -- and who doesn't -- pick up "people magazine". >> it was a $6 million wedding, but they gave $4.4 million for the pictures, so -- >> it was a beautiful, beautiful wedding. >> adel had a baby boy. >> she aalso hasn't really confirmed. we do know she has a beautiful baby boy. tomorrow night is the red carpet for james bond movie that she has a big hit single from. >> right. >> she is going to be at home with the baby, and in the past she said she would rather have a cup of tea and a biscuit than be on a red carpet. >> i think that's why wul we all love her. her talent is extraordinary, but the fact that she has her

priorities straight is really, really -- >> the song in britain, james bond theme, has never been number one in britain. >> not in britain. i love that one. >> it hasn't been. ♪ live and let die >> paul mccartney? >> not in britain. he is talking about britain. >> he's british. >> okay. britney spears, this is a weird accusation, is accused by an ex-boyfriend of some kind of drug abuse. that's why she shaved her head. >> simon lufthe. it w a very dark, dark period for britney. she had this manager at the time, sam lufthe. he has taken her to civil court and wants some of the royalties that she's made while he was managing her, and it also came out that her mother who had a book out and said some very harsh things about sam. >> at the time, though, in 2007 i worked at a magazine that was the only magazine to spend a day with britney. it was a really, really bad day,

and i think during this trial we're going to find out how difficult that time was for her. i saw it firsthand. >> you don't think they'll settle it beforehand? >> i don't think so. i think the family is so angry with this judge is that they don't want to pay him a penny is what think. i think we're going to find out some really dark secrets in court. she's doing great now. >> in -- >> that's all behind her. >> this is in the news. >> i love her. >> pippa has a book out. i think this is great. she's one of the most famous ladies in the world. we've never really heard her speak. now she finally has a voice, and we find out she has a sense of humor. she talks about how difficult it is to be under 30 and be famous for your sister, your brother-in-law, and your bottom. it's a book about entertaining. she's like a little british martha stewart. >> is she promoting it and going on talk shows and things? >> some press in britain, and i heard she is going to come to america, but i think this book is going to fly off shelves

regardless. she's already got a second book deal. guess what it is? how to throw a wedding on a budget. i'm not joking. >> her parents are catering. it's huge. >> don't take any advice from this book. >> is she giving away the profits? >> $400,000 for this book. we don't know which charity yet, but i think this is pippa's chance to step out of the shadows. >> poor little pippa. >> argo is still number two. >> it's a great movie. >> life after dropping 150 pounds. the newest member of the joy fit club right after this. thank you, rob. >> thank you. ♪ i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months.

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time now for look at me now, the joy fit club. >> the newest must be chuck volcker has lost 150 pounds, and he is still going strong. take a look at chuck's story. >> my name is chuck volcker. i am 41 years old, and i have always been known as the happy and larger than life guy. i was always a big kid, but i didn't really see my weight creep up until after my mom died when i was 21. after several years i weighed 330 pounds. three years ago i fell off a ladder at work and ended up destroying my left knee. i needed surgery, and being so overweight didn't help the pain or the recovery, but over the

next year and a half i put on another 65 pounds. i was at 415 pounds. i would break a sweat crossing the room. i snored and left poorly, and my legs were discolored. i met my wonderful wife adina in high school. she sat me down one day and told me that i was a great husband and father, but she was scared. at about the same time my orthopedic surgeon told me to read the book "turbo charged," and i learned that there are only eight steps to this plan. i thought it would never work, but i started the next day. i lost about 100 pounds in the first seven months. now my tastes have totally changed. i have energy for days. i sleep better, and i love shopping for clothes. my advice for people is to be your own friend. be supportive of your own goals and strive above all else to stay happy. >> beautiful. >> sounds like a great guy, doesn't he? >> our friend joy is here with the details. hey, hon.

>> i have to tell you, this guy has not stopped smiling since he landed in new york. he has the most happy, sunny disposition. you're going to love him. >> big part of the reason he recovered so well. >> his attitude. >> he loves to cook. he is so strategic in the kitchen, and he experiments with all sorts of spices and condiments from around the world, so he is eating a lot of salads these days. i wanted to feature two of his favorite salad dressings, and you all are going to try them. this is a fresh tomato dressing. he takes two blanched tomatoes and puts it many a food processor with some fresh basil, a little bit of garlic clove, salt and pepper and a drop of avocado oil. >> fingers. after you tell me what you think of it. >> hmm. >> 12 calories per table spoon. >> what is this. >> yes. >> delicious. is that awesome? >> wow. >> so this one is a lemon tumeric dijon dressing, and i'm

going to tweet both of these out and put them on my facebook. everybody needs his recipes. >> we'll look at chuck's before picture. all right, chuck. come join the joy fit club. ♪ >> oh, my gosh. who are you? wow. >> wow. >> yeah, baby. >> chuck, you look so good. >> thank you. >> wow. >> i feel very good. >> that book must have really worked for you, that "turbo charged." >> it just gave me a really good foundation, and on top of that i could just make it fit for myself. >> right. >> yeah. >> and you had a very supportive wife so, that helped a lot. >> always. >> his honey. >> always. >> look at him glowing there. >> you feel like there's no way out. >> no matter what your plan is, it's attitude. it's about feeling good, and there's so many people in the world that are more than willing to stand up and tell you how much you suck. you can't afford to be that

person. you have to be a cheerleader for you. >> absolutely. >> i look in the mirror and i smile at myself even at 415 pounds. >> even if you are overweight, it doesn't mean you're not that human being. good for you. >> you look great. >> you look and feel great. >> thank you very much. >> whoa! >> let's come in here and give a little hug. i got this snapshot thing from progressive, plugged it into my car, and got a discount just for being the good driver i've always been. i'm just out here, snap-shooting it forward. you don't want to have to pay for other people's bad driving, do you? no. with progressive snapshot, you don't have to. i'm going to snap it right now. bam, there it is. goes underneath your dash. keep safe, and keep saving. you know, i won't always be around to save you money. that's why you should get snapshot from progressive. all right, dude! thanks! to the safe go the savings.

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♪ beautiful girl >> back now with today's beauty. we all go to work for meetings or our kids' school looking all put together, but most of us don't wake up looking so great. >> whether you have puffy eyes, a huge pimple or bed head, we

have some advice. >> we call it beauty 911 morning. >> you need it all too. >> yeah. >> let's pretend you wake up with a blemish, and you are kind of freaking out. let's what's the best thing to do? >> you know, you feel it knocking on the door. if you do wake up and you have wrinkles, you start to notice them overnight, it seems like. the first thing you want to do is look for a primer. use a make-up primer. this is a great option from la roche. >> it fills in those cracks and then you put it on top. >> it is like ph.d.y, and it keeps the make-up on longer. great option for you. if you do have a dark circle, the secret is not to cover it up with a lot of make-up. you want to actually reflect more light to your face. that's the secret to really looking nice and awake. this is from veil. it's their illuminating complexion fix. apply it to the hollows of your nose. that's where the dark circles reflect off of. if you brighten that area, you look wide awake. >> the hollows of your nose. who knew?

>> we only have two minutes to get all the way down here. >> you want to wake up your dark circles again, you want to use something that's going to cool them, and then for the pimple i suggest bring in the big daddy from derma blend. >> light are or darker than your skin tone? >> lighter. cover all the area too. >> let's pretend your hair isn't washed, but you don't have time to do it or your kids' hair. >> dry shampoo is the secret. this is a great option. it's only $6. then also for styling, this is a powder fix from color care that gives you instant volume. i like this because it's designed for color treated hair. you want to save that color. >> okay. you spend a lot of time drying your hair, but you want to soak the water out, look at this thing. >> this is fabulous. this is their quick style brush. it sops up the wet hair, and it saves time on your blow-out. >> did you blow dry her hair? >> i did. when you don't know what to do with your hair, the secret is just use an item like this. this is from goody. it's their quick style pen.

you just twist it up. then you are just going to kind of screw it in. like a little cork screw. it's so easy, and it just -- >> and it holds. >> and it holds. >> you might need a couple of them. >> a little more time. >> all right. >> let's pretend that worked. >> deodorant issues, sweating, and what not. >> sweating. i like to look at it as glistening, but this is the garment shield wrush literally put these pads underneath your arm pits inside your clothes, obviously, and it sops up all that wetness. then for your face because your face can also perspire look for their vichy matt moizurizer. >> this happens. we both said this happens to us all the time. this is from miss oops. you literally just rub it on. the rescue sponge. it gets rid of the deodorant. >> it's completely dry. >> a lot of women when they're wearing silk or something, they wet it. you should not wet it.

>> hem your pants. great optio from hollywood fashion secrets. >> okay. >> this just tapes it up, and if you need a quick manicure from wet' n wild, 60 seconds. >> thank you, rebecca. >> the one, the only -- >> barry manilow! >> live in concert. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> thank you. [ male announcer ] if barack obama is re-elected, what will the next four years be like? one: the debt will grow from $16 trillion to $20 trillion. two: 20 million americans could lose their employer-based health care. three: taxes on the middle class will go up by $4,000. four: energy prices will continue to go up. and five: $716 billion in medicare cuts that hurt current seniors. five reasons we can't afford four more years of barack obama.

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the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> we're back again with one of our favorite people on the planet, barry manilow, that has brought us songs that make the whole world sing. >> barry has released more than 40 albums. his newest album is called "15 minutes" and it debuted in the top ten on the billboard charts. >> he is going to sing a song for us from that in just a moment. the song ias thinking about

was -- ♪ even now >> do you have a favorite of all your babies? >> i do. "it could have been magic." that was the first one from the first album based on -- >> is it because of that? is it sort of sentimental, or is it -- >> it's all of that. it was all of that. >> you know, you had hit songs. is there a formula when you have a hit? >> i have no idea how to write a hit song. nobody does. nobody knows how to write a hit song. you just pray. >> what are you going to sing for us today? >> i'm going to sing a that comes out of this album, and it's a real good uplifting title. it's called "everything is going to be all right." don't you love that title? >> i love it. >> now you're going to make everything good for us right now. barry manilow, everybody. ♪ ♪ take it from me

everything is going to be all right you wait and see everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ i can see the future there in front of me ♪ ♪ i'm here to inform you i like what i see ♪ ♪ oh, and here's the key everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ just wait and see everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ yeah, hallelujah joy is coming to you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ sing it to remind you happiness will find you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ that's right

♪ sure you'll hit resistance in anything you do ♪ ♪ depend on persistence and watch that come on through ♪ ♪ you wait and see everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ singing to remind you happiness will find you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ all right ♪ hallelujah joy is coming to you

everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ singing to remind you happiness will find you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ that's right ♪ everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ ♪ all right >> that is fun. from the cd "15 minutes." >> that is so much fun. >> everything is going to be all right when you get to the st. james. >> so happy for you. >> thank you, barry. >> thank you. >> tomorrow "30 rock" jack. have a great day, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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